Πάφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a given name derived from πάθος (páthos, “Passion”). Traditional etymology links the town's name to the Greek goddess of passion Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē), as Paphos was the son of Pygmalion, a worshiper of the goddess.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pá.pʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɸos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.fos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.fos/

Proper noun

Πᾰ́φος • (Páphos) f (genitive Πᾰ́φου); second declension

Paphos, Cyprus
A given name of the son of Pygmalion

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Πᾰ́φος; τῆς Πᾰ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πᾰ́φος hē Páphos
Genitive	τῆς Πᾰ́φου tês Páphou
Dative	τῇ Πᾰ́φῳ têi Páphōi
Accusative	τὴν Πᾰ́φον tḕn Páphon
Vocative	Πᾰ́φε Páphe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Πᾰ́φῐος (Páphios)

Descendants

Greek: Πάφος (Páfos)
Latin: Paphos
Turkish: Baf

References

“Πάφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Πάφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“Πάφος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
G3974 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Paphus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray